Iga Swiatek Reflects on the “Intense” Nature of the 2025 WTA Season: “I Feel Like I’m 40 Already”

Iga Swiatek has been one of the few players who have been critical of the tour calendar this season. The former World No.1 has lodged several complaints against the hectic nature of the WTA tour. She has now stated that due to the intensity of the tour schedule, she sometimes thinks she’s 40 years old.

The 24-year-old has complained about a lack of breaks on tour this season, forcing her to play in mandatory tournaments. The tour calendar has been one of the biggest discussions this year, leading several players like Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev to support the claim that there are many events in a calendar year.

But that has not stopped the WTA and ATP from adding more tournaments. Recently, the ATP announced that the tenth Masters 1000 tournament will be added in 2028 and it will be played in Saudi Arabia. The ATP event is expected to be the first Masters 1000 event of the year as it is going to be scheduled in February.

However, Swiatek has had an exhausting 2025 campaign, having struggled at the beginning and then finding her form in the second half of the season. Things took a good turn for the Polish star at the Wimbledon Championships, where she won her sixth Grand Slam after beating Amanda Anisimova in the final.

Swiatek currently holds a 61-15 win-loss record on tour and has won three singles titles. During her press conference at the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Swiatek revealed that the 2025 season has been super-intense and that has made her easily forget that she has just been playing professional tennis for ten years:

Even I forget (smiling). Sometimes, I feel like I’m 40 already. No, for sure, the life on tour is intense. All the seasons are super intense. It’s easy to forget how young I am, as well. I don’t know, I feel like I’ve just been on tour for ten years. Actually, it’s been six. It’s been just really busy, also efficient. This is something that I’m happy about. But yeah, I am still young, so there’s a lot to change and improve in my game.

Swiatek has won one Grand Slam, one WTA 1000 tournament, and one WTA 500 crown this season. Her last tour-level match was at the Wuhan Open, where she suffered a devastating straight-sets loss against Jasmine Paolini in the quarter-finals. It was her first loss against the Italian star on tour.

Iga Swiatek maps out how she wants her 2026 season to be

The WTA 2025 season will come to an end after the season-ending Finals in Riyadh, which begin on Saturday (November 1). Players will take a rest and plan for the 2026 season. They will also take part in pre-season and hard training sessions. Iga Swiatek is expected to open her 2026 campaign at the United Cup alongside Hubert Hurkacz.

Ahead of the 2026 season, Swiatek has begun to map out how it will go compared to this year. The World No.2 revealed during the aforementioned press conference that she has decided to schedule her 2026 season according to her taste and won’t consider if she will be fined for missing a mandatory event:

I won’t be looking next year at which tournaments are mandatory and which ones I could get fined for. I’ll arrange my schedule the way I think it should be. We’ll see if I’ll be mentally okay with skipping tournaments while the other girls are playing.

Swiatek will open her WTA Finals campaign against Madison Keys in Riyadh. Keys defeated Swiatek in the semi-finals of the Australian Open. But, the Polish star got her revenge at the Madrid Open. The World No.2 currently leads Keys 5-2 in their head-to-head record on tour. She will then face Elena Rybakina and Amanda Anisimova subsequently in the robin-round stage of the tournament.

Also Read: Madison Keys Excited About her Career’s Late Bloom Ahead of the 2025 WTA Finals

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